Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-17
LAND OF THE BUHYIP.
Life I'm the AwfuI SELF
tUdes Of Australia.
The Paradise Of vIserOys-Isss IN the
Bush--Immesse Raaxes-A Ma
tiOa Of Breeders-Rasiousa and
steres-Buah Yolk Tales.


~EtA DaAA A4tA AA1Eas
lvErTEE ZOE TIE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
81 NUhHuNBTDaEk.
A distant parts Of The world beeame
knit togstheg By mnfuaI intsFehsngs Of
produets, they begin 70 year for one
another an interest which increases In
proportion 10 The smoont Of business
transacted.
During the past few yeass Washing
ton's lumber trade with Australia has
assumed suoh important Dimensions,
that some description Of the faE-awaJ
island continent may not be unintersss
Ina 10 readers Of the POsT- IsrxILz-
0KMcEB.
In area, The colonial possessions Of
GFsas Britain Id The Southexn Ocean
are - extensive a. the United States,
bat Of the vast territory eomprised In
the great Island. relatively only small
part 10 settled and inhabited. Ths
maioF poFsion Of IL il desert. q fertile
fFiuge Of country extending for few
hundred miles inland. en- the east and
southern coasts only.
The continent Il cut up int FIVE
colonies. each OF which IL ruled
over By q Governor appointed By |
she mother country, who, heweves, |
generously saddles her children With /
the oblieation Of paying him.
The Vteeroys OF the tive principal l
colonies act $1,000 and $4,000 year.
respectively.
WITH MAoNfETcEaT, FUHxIsHKD KEsI-
DKsoEs
And everything Ia she way Of service |
and help found. Naturally these gov
ernoFships are eagerly sought after By /
impecunious members Of the sristocrscy /
10 the old country, 20 whose share they |
usually fall. Lord OaFRineton IL the 1
present ViosgOv Of New South Wales,
and Lord LOTUS Of VictoKia. The |
Affairs OF the dependencies are regulated |
BY PaKliaments similar 20 our Congress |
the Legislative Councils and the LeQis |
lative Assemblies composing them, an |
sWeripQ 10 the branches Of the LeRisla- |
ture at Washington. Tbs Governor IL
the ex -efieio Admiral and Commander
IN. Chief, has the absolute right 10 veto |
all measures submitted TO him by his |
Parliament, and has the power Of remit |
ting all capital punishmenis. need |
hardly say that Australia has advanced |
10 the rank she holds among the nations |
ct present. mainly through the disoov
cry In her territory In times gone by Of |
extensive deposits Of gold. A great deal |
Of the precious metal is extracted from |
the country still. bat
THE FAMOUS BUSHES or BALLARAT AND |
HKNBTao
VIII never be paFalleled again. Tire gold |
mining industry today IL looked upon /
~ quite . subordinate one, compared /
With wool, wheat, or even coal. No /
more foar thousand ounce "welcome
nuggets are laying around nov, and Il
for the poor man there IL hardly less
paying thing be can turn bis hand 10
than gold mining 10 the colonies. Still
Australia IN very prosperous, the oniy /
difference Ia, that her riches have taken
q new share, and instead OF metal being
her pet holt. u IL nov the Feelings OF the
sheep and the productions Of the grain
Aeid and cattle range. People are otter
misIed BY the use Of the term bush, and
associate u With The prevalence OF
small undergrowth which they believe
30 be q leading characteristics Of the
Australian continent. Nothing can be
wider from che truth. The bash In
Australia merely means the country A.
opposed 10 urban life, and is made use
Of without any regard 10 the vegetation
which may be a feature OF the paFticu
lar locality indicated. What impFesaes
the stranger more than ANYTHING elss
with rural life In Australia. IL lie awfui
sameness. II II not that there is ans
greet lack OF hill and mountain. though
elevations Of this sort are by no means
a. common a. In America, but Il u the
monotonous character Of the vegetatioa
which, IN journeys OF hundreds and
thousands Of miles. retains precisely The
same characteristics.
EVERYWHERE ~ The RAooHD LOOKING
GUM TRKK.
Aud once get fairly lost 10 the bush II
Ia a. impossible o. rstFace Your steps,
% u Wonld be fer q man 10 an open
boat cut OF sight Of land. TO retrieve his
successive positions on the water. The
Landscape has got no features 10 stamp
q particular locality. except where tbs
rather uncommon intervention OF
streams or mountains prevail. Nov
that Australia ig fairly inhabited and the
settled portion 81 II laid ont with good
county roads. the calamity Of getting
hushed IL less common than formerly. |
Even nov, however, u happens some
times, and the unfortunate individual
NAV stArve 20 death within a mile o.
civilization, The choice lands OF Aus
tralia have all been taken ap long ago.
aud what virgin land remains for stock
ing purposes u toe far inland 20 make
10 Of any value. What 90 term q range
In this country, the Australian terms a
station. hence be speaks Of a sheep sta
ton, cattle station. etc, meaning the
enclosed ground on Witch sheep or cat
lie are paatured. Soma OF these sta
tiona are Of immsense sire.
RUNNING INTO HuSnREps OF THOUSANDS
OF ACHES
And for the most part have come into
their owners hands hv simple length Of i
residence on them. Possession in these
cases IL nine tenths % the Law. and any.
body Who has been in undistaTbed 90
eupancy Of q tract OF land fer twenty
three years can eat crown grant 60 it
Free selection In the colonies 4
the equivalent Of our presumption. and
means that a msn may take No 80
acres, and, providing be elects certain
improvements within a stated time.
may have clear title 30 IL. Small
farmers and free solicitors In AnstrAlia,
however, DO not thrive. everything pay
Inc best Ia that couhtry which h done
on q large scale, Australia IL slowly
buildins up landed aristocrRcy, con
sistinR % the ewners of bic stations. o.
shsep Tuns. ~ they are sometimes sailed
In years Of drOaih the former are ~
dueed almost 30 hesFsry. hat IN fair
seasons thew NAV net 500. 900 by single
skearing. Great attention IL Paid 20
breeding, aud journeys arr often made
30 the cid
COUNTRY FoB THE FUKrnSE OF snCuRNa
SINGLE srup AAN.
We have known a. uaeh a. thoa-
sand dollaFs paid for ore Of tbese sirss.
the pick may he - souRe celebrated
English aeck In the last twNnty wears 1
she focks % Australia have been - tn
proved By artificial selection that toe
wool from their hscks Il aekaovleSired
10 be the finest 10 the world. AZ with
sheer. % With horses and eAttle-ihe
breeder haviee fem faith IN the maxim
that blood wili tell" Except a uiau be !